I just brought up OpenFiler (open source iSCSI server among other things) in a VM Appliance under VMware Workstation. http://www.openfiler.com/ Has anyone...
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ibelesweder
Aug 2, 2009 1:40 am
My HP Mediavault 2120 got hacked. I had to pull the plug to shut it down. I'm now trying to reinstall Debian from scratch, but I can't even do the first step:...
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Kevin Smathers
kevin_at_ank
Aug 2, 2009 1:41 am
My own preference is to run vnc (apt-get install tightvncserver). That way the server login session is persistent across reboots of the computer that is...
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m3d1aus3r
Aug 2, 2009 2:25 am
First off, unless you mess with the on-board flash (uboot and such), I am not convinced it is even possible to brick an MV2. It is pretty much like a PC that...
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m3d1aus3r
Aug 2, 2009 2:43 am
I knew somebody was going to mention vnc. I tried, it, too. Works very well. I ended up following the directions in the readme file part of tightvnc. The...
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Moyo Falaye
moyofalaye
Aug 2, 2009 8:26 am
Please i was trying to get my hp media vault mv5100 to execute my startup scripts i changed the permission of the rc.bootup file, after editing it, and now the...
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m3d1aus3r
Aug 2, 2009 1:44 pm
This is an MV2, right? You probably have a number of options: Get a serial console (level shifter in either serial or USB). Hook it up to the mother board and...
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Moyo Falaye
moyofalaye
Aug 2, 2009 4:36 pm
... Oh thank you so very very much. I was freaking out. At church i had to even pray for this too. lol Thank you for taking time out of your life to help me...
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m3d1aus3r
Aug 2, 2009 5:25 pm
Glad I could help. For Debian, you may want to start at the excellent site from Martin: http://www.cyrius.com/debian/orion/hp/mv2120/ This should get you...
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Shawn
akira022
Aug 2, 2009 6:00 pm
... cool, thanks...now all I have to do is find a way to back up all my stuff....^_^...
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Moyo Falaye
moyofalaye
Aug 2, 2009 6:24 pm
You are the man!! Please i am gonna have to ask for extra extra help. Usually, i would be able to do this on my own. but right now, i am extremly scared. Even...
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m3d1aus3r
Aug 2, 2009 7:17 pm
Right, glad to see you are already this far. From memory, partition 1 is /boot, partition 2 is /root. What you need to do is select RAID device #1 (The SECOND...
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Moyo Falaye
moyofalaye
Aug 2, 2009 8:43 pm
... Thank You francois I was able to mount the partition, but i noticed something all the files where back to default. or should i say that the changes that i...
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Moyo Falaye
moyofalaye
Aug 2, 2009 9:25 pm
... Thank You so very very very very very very very very much YEAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH I fixed it. the partition with that housed my rc.bootup file was actually Raid...
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m3d1aus3r
Aug 2, 2009 9:53 pm
Glad to hear it worked out for you. Unless you mess with the flash memory, I believe these MV2s are pretty much impossible to brick anyway......
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Vijay
avpreddy
Aug 5, 2009 10:41 pm
Somehow, I was never able to get this working. gdm and gnome installation goes through fine. I even see that there is a process "gdm" running on MV.But, when I...
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Moyo Falaye
moyofalaye
Aug 6, 2009 1:35 am
Its a script for transmission, to add a watch folder. You dont have to read the entire script. My problem is quite simple actually, its just that i do not know...
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m3d1aus3r
Aug 6, 2009 1:54 am
The script needs the bash interpreter to run, not busybox. Best option is to check if bash is offered in optware... Having been down this path before, if you...
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m3d1aus3r
Aug 6, 2009 2:04 am
By default, I think gdm only accepts XDMCP connections from localhost. The preffered way is the usual ssh tunnel with forwarding. On a LAN like at home, you...
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Moyo Falaye
moyofalaye
Aug 6, 2009 4:41 am
After hearing suggestion after suggestion about how debian is much better than the default stuff on the mv2120. I want to take the advices (thanks to all of...
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m3d1aus3r
Aug 6, 2009 1:30 pm
First off, I have never done it, but I believe it is possible. If you run the installer in expert mode, and do the manual disk partitioning, I can't see why...
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Moyo Falaye
moyofalaye
Aug 6, 2009 8:16 pm
... Thank you sir, With that, advice i think im just gonna wait untill i can buy extra storage to back up my data. I have to much important stuff on there that...
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Vijay
avpreddy
Aug 9, 2009 2:52 pm
Great! That worked. Thanks. ... From: m3d1aus3r <francois.mertz@...> Subject: [hackingthemediavault] Re: Debian: Running Full GUI on HPMediaVault To:...
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laurentlndn
Aug 11, 2009 2:18 pm
Hi all, I just joined the group. I've been using a Media Vault 2120, with a debian installation, as my small, always-on, home server. Recently there was a...
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Chris Seto
aximbigfan
Aug 11, 2009 2:24 pm
The only real way to solve this is a UPS. The MV2 is pretty light on power, so a good sized UPS could probably keep it alive for a while. I have a small UPS...
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ibelesweder
Aug 11, 2009 6:14 pm
... You're right. The MV went to its default IP location, but it was in a different subnet and so the recovery tool couldn't reload the firmware. So I...
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m3d1aus3r
Aug 11, 2009 6:43 pm
Glad to hear it worked out for you and your MV. FWIW, you may want to consider an ssh server facing the WAN side of the router: key-based, no password, on a...
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chathamsq
Aug 13, 2009 6:13 pm
The second sed command in step 5 is invalid - probably a copy-paste issue - and the pastebin link that Brian posted in a later message has expired. Can...
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tu13324@...
tu13324...
Aug 14, 2009 11:36 pm
Apologize if this is not the right group. If anyone need an HP MV2020 for part, let me know. The MV does power up, but I can't seem to see it on my network. ...
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chathamsq
Aug 23, 2009 12:20 am
I've been following Brian's instructions for ipkg-installing SqueezeCenter (aka SlimServer) to the letter. But when I get to the final step of starting the...
